Comments on: Life without elevators https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:43:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jack Wilson https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/comment-page-1/#comment-97624 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:43:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18740#comment-97624 Christen, I went back to the article to refresh my memory, and it was about airbag jackets, not bike airbags, which seems to make sense because riders are often thrown off the bike. This company is selling its product worldwide but not in the US.

http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2006/04/hit_air_motorcycle_airbag_equiped_jacket.html

]]> By: Christen https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/comment-page-1/#comment-97538 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:42:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18740#comment-97538 Air bags have been standard on the Honda Goldwing in the US for some time. http://world.honda.com/news/2005/2050908.html

]]> By: Jack Wilson https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/comment-page-1/#comment-97442 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:54:45 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18740#comment-97442 Frank, with regards to safety improvements on motorcycles: A company in Japan has an airbag for motorcycles, but they won’t market it in the US because they cannot guarantee 100% effectiveness. In other words, they know they are guaranteed to be sued for big bucks the first time it delivers less than 100% safety.

]]> By: Ted Frank https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/comment-page-1/#comment-97425 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:39:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18740#comment-97425 Unless helmet technology substantially improves, I think there’s a 20-30% chance football is abolished in my lifetime.

]]> By: Melvin H. https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/comment-page-1/#comment-97401 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:34:10 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18740#comment-97401 I probabaly should’ve added such sports as auto racing, bicycle racing, ice hockey, and rodeo to the “safety concerns” list.

]]> By: Melvin H. https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/comment-page-1/#comment-97399 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:32:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18740#comment-97399 How about if the game of American/gridiron football were coming up now? It probably would never get into schools at any level due to safety concerns . . . and of course Title IX.

]]> By: OldNaugaHerder https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/comment-page-1/#comment-97383 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:43:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18740#comment-97383 Pneumatic tires probably could not be introduced now. You mean if it pops, I will wreck and kill a bunch of people? My current solid rubber tires don’t do that. It must be a design defect!

]]> By: William Nuesslein https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/comment-page-1/#comment-97356 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:12:50 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18740#comment-97356 I have wondered over the years what the environmental impact statement would have been for the Cape May light house. Would it have been blocked for fear that owls would be disturbed?

]]> By: Moriarty https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/comment-page-1/#comment-97344 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:30:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18740#comment-97344 Thinking about this further, there must ba a whole host of things that wouldn’t be allowed now if they hadn’t already been invented.

Can you imagine the food regulators approving blue cheeses now?

]]> By: Bill Alexander https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/08/life-without-elevators/comment-page-1/#comment-97284 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:02:10 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=18740#comment-97284 Bob, that is what I was trying to get across.

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